Install vent System new Installation | Whirlpool 3979171 guide

rear panel

strain relief screws

strain relief clamp sections

Put on safety glasses and gloves.

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Now start installation (If installing washer and dryer, install dryer first.)

A. Install vent

system (new

installation)

2. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around exhaust hood.

3. Connect vent to exhaust hood with 4" clamp. (Exhaust vent MUST fit inside hood.)

4. Run exhaust vent to dryer location. Use the straightest path possible. (See Panel B.) Use clamps to secure vent pieces. Tin snips may be needed to cut vent to required length.

B. Prepare dryer

SLIDE DRYER ONTO

CARDBOARD OR

HARDBOARD BEFORE

MOVING ACROSS

FLOOR TO PREVENT

FLOOR DAMAGE.

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard

Use two or more people to move and install dryer. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.

1. Open dryer door and drying rack, if included. Wipe drum with damp cloth to remove any dust.

2. Take two cardboard corners from dryer carton and place them on floor in back of dryer. Firmly grasp body of dryer and gently lay it on its back on the cardboard corners.

diamond marking

3. Start to screw legs into holes by hand. Use an adjustable wrench or 1" hex-head socket wrench to finish turning legs until you reach the ridge with the diamond marking.

4. Stand dryer up on cardboard or hardboard.

C.Electrical connection

Power supply cord

Direct wire

WARNINGWARNING

This dryer is manufactured with the cabinet- ground conductor connected to the NEUTRAL (center) of the wiring harness at the terminal block. If local codes do NOT permit this type of connection, use “Four-wire connection” instructions.

GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS: This appliance must be grounded. In the event of malfunction or breakdown, grounding will reduce the risk of electric shock by providing a path of least resistance for electric current.

If using a power supply cord, the plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

If using a direct wire connection, this appliance must be connected to a grounded metal, permanent wiring system; or an equipment- ground conductor must be run with the circuit conductors and connected to the equipment- ground terminal or lead on the appliance.

WARNING - Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to whether the appliance is properly grounded. Do not modify the power supply cord plug. If it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician.

Fire Hazard

Use a new UL approved 30 ampere power supply cord.

Use a UL approved strain relief.

Disconnect power before making electrical connections.

Connect neutral wire (white or center wire) to center terminal (silver).

Ground wire (green or bare wire) must be connected to green ground connector.

Connect remaining 2 supply wires to remaining 2 terminals (gold).

Securely tighten all electrical connections.

Failure to do so can result in death, fire, or electrical shock.

1.Disconnect the power supply.

hold-down screw

2. Remove hold-down screw and terminal

terminal

block cover.block

cover

external ground conductor screw

Fire Hazard

Use 10 gauge solid copper wire. Use a UL approved strain relief.

Disconnect power before making electrical connections.

Connect neutral wire (white or center wire) to center terminal (silver).

Ground wire (green or bare wire) must be connected to green ground connector.

Connect remaining 2 supply wires to remaining 2 terminals (gold).

Securely tighten all electrical connections.

Failure to do so can result in death, fire, or electrical shock.

3. Assemble 3/4" U.L.-listed strain relief (U.L. marking on

strain relief) into the hole below terminal block opening. Tighten strain relief screws just enough to hold

the two clamp sections together. Install power supply cord/cable through the strain relief.

Complete installation following instructions for your type of connection:

•Four-wire (recommended method)

•Three-wire (if four-wire is not available)

Four-wire connection...

14-30R Four-wire receptacle (required for mobile homes)

POWER SUPPLY CORD

spade terminals with upturned ends

NEUTRAL

3/4" U.L.-listed

NEUTRAL (white)

strain relief

	ground prong	ground wire
	ground prong	(green)
		(green)
		ring terminals

Four-wire power supply cord at least four feet long must have four, No.-10 copper wires and match a four-wire receptacle of NEMA Type

14-30R. The fourth wire (ground conductor) must be identified with a green cover and the neutral conductor by a white cover.

4. Remove center terminal block screw.

6. Connect ground wire (green) of power supply cord to external ground conductor screw. Tighten screw.

external ground connection

8. Connect the other wires to outer terminal block screws. Tighten screws.

9. Tighten strain relief screws.

10. Insert tab of terminal block cover into slot of the dryer rear panel. Secure cover with hold-down screw.

5. Remove appliance ground wire (green with yellow stripes) from external ground connector screw. Fasten under center, silver-colored terminal block screw.

7. Connect neutral wire (white or center) of power supply cord under center screw of the terminal block. Tighten screw.

Panel C